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ICD-10-CM:

Avoid Dx Denials When 'Grace Period' Ends This Fall

Published on Mon Aug 08, 2016

Count on specificity, 2017 code change awareness. You may recall how relieved you were when you heard that CMS gave you a year-long “free pass” on claim denials as long as you got your lab’s ICD-10-CM codes to the proper family. Now you should recall that specific diagnosis coding is coming home to roost when the grace period ends Oct. [...]
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